Kennedy running the HHS could be a further disaster for women
In the wake of Donald Trump’s US presidential election win, on what is already a very dark day for women, the reality that Robert F. Kennedy Jr (RFK Jr) could…
Why women still lose out in the mental health system
For World Mental Health Day, Professor Linda Gask spoke to the Canary from her home in Orkney about her new book, Out of Her Mind: How we are failing women’s…
Israel’s been using Palestinian women and kids as human shields
Israel’s army routinely forces detained and innocent Palestinian civilians to be human shields, an investigation from Israeli outlet Haaretz has found. Several sources testified that this was done with the…
Pensions gap for women means they stop getting it today
Wednesday 14 August is the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Gender Pensions Gap Day – when the average retired woman effectively stops receiving their pension because of the gender pensions gap.…
South Asian women face additional barriers to support
Shehla Ali from About M.E. looks at the racism and discrimination that pervades healthcare for South Asian women living with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS). “Is everything ok at home?” …
Tories weaponising trans rights to lay cover for failures on women
‘We know what a woman is. Keir Starmer doesn’t’, tweeted the Tories, signalling the start of another week of them desperately trying to be relevant – by weaponising trans rights. …
1.5 million women in the UK now unable to work
New analysis from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) shows the number of women economically inactive as a result of chronic illness has increased by more than 500,000 over last five…
new EU law still puts migrant women at risk of violence
On Tuesday 7 May, European Union (EU) countries backed the bloc’s first law devoted to combatting violence against women and girls (VAWG). However, the text was a far-cry from enshrining…